All photos taken from a Canberra of course 
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^ fantastic pics ^
Wholly unrelated, and sadly no pics, but I was very surprised recently to look out of the back window to see what was making jet noises to find it was a pair of BAC Strikemasters flying low (~200’), more surprised still that they had identical camo schemes, making them look like in-service aircraft. I’ve no doubt they weren’t, since none seem to have been in-service anywhere for decades, but they were too far-off to see the registrations. Seems there are plenty in private hands.
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Think it may have been a Cessna Caravan, or similar.
Colour scheme personally chosen by the Prime Minister (& Carrie)
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anyone interested in someone else’s aeroplane book tat
The B-17 Flying Fortress was legendary for its ability to absorb punishment and keep flying. 1st Lt. Lawrence DeLancey managed to get his B-17 back to England after a direct hit by flak killed two of his crew over Cologne, Germany 1944.
They built them properly back then!
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Is part of the reason they managed to keep flying having sustained so much damage that they were flying relatively slowly?
The stresses on the damage would be much greater and more likely to be catastrophic at even 1.5X the speed at the time.
Very possibly. It’s a bit like an Astra GL. You get a stone chip in a normal car and it’s not an issue. In an Astra however, at those speeds, it could be catastrophic.
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Do you have a link to this particular incident please
I’ll have a look.
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Still one of my favourite shots, seen in a book as a very young boy
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Amazing it first flew in 1964 and based on A12 that first flew in 1962.
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North American B-25J Mitchell mk.III “Hot Gen!”. From the collection of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
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Avro Lancaster mk.X “Mynarski Memorial Lancaster”. Also from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum collection.
Dedicated to the memory of P/O Andrew Mynarski, the plane is painted in the colours of KB726-VR-1 RCAF No. 419 “Moose” Squadron. Mynarski was awarded the VC for actions June 13, 1944. With his Lancaster shot down by German night fighters, Mynarski attempted to free the trapped tail gunner from the burning, out of control aircraft. The gunner miraculously survived the crash, but Mynarski was killed by his severe burns
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Just a boys wet dream that thing
iirc - back in the Web 1.0beta days - that MkX was still sat-around decaying in the open air on static display - bloody marvellous that she’s in the air again, think she’s been over here, too, for at least one memorial get-together.
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